ANTH 104 Gender and Halloween

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A student sent me this recent “candid camera” clip about kids and gendered Halloween costumes.  Can boys be princesses?  Or girls be Spiderman?!  These questions are shouted about my house a lot it seems!  It ties in very nicely with the material we discussed in class and I am passing it along because many of you may be interested!  I am also posting a link  to the media coverage of Storm the genderless baby in case you want to read about it for yourself.  This follow up article provides the Coles notes of the original media frenzy, along with links to a variety of other relevant resources (like newspaper columnists getting scrappy about this case of sidestepping gender sterotypes, or child abuse, depending on ones take).